![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What these books are about: These stories start off by introducing Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells, two boarding school students from the 1930’s, who have set up their very own secret detective agency. The series of books this post features took me not just to those years just before World War II, but also to a delightful girls boarding school! So if either of these have conjured up something for you, then read on!! An awesome mystery series Titles: Murder most unladylike, Arsenic for tea, First Class Murder, Jolly Foul Play, Mistletoe & Murder, A spoonful of Murder Author: Robin Stevens Genre: Fiction – historical Hi everyone, this month of April I will be showcasing a group of historical mystery stories that I came across my many reads that struck a chord with me. ![]()
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![]() Her grave in New Orleans ranks among the most popular spiritual pilgrimages in the US. She is the subject of songs, films, and legends and the star of New Orleans ghost tours. ![]() Book excerpt: The life and work of the legendary “Pope of Voodoo,” Marie Laveau-a free woman of color who practically ruled New Orleans in the mid-1800s Marie Laveau may be the most influential American practitioner of the magical arts certainly, she is among the most famous. ![]() This book was released on with total page 226 pages. ![]() Book Synopsis The Magic of Marie Laveau by : Denise Alvaradoĭownload or read book The Magic of Marie Laveau written by Denise Alvarado and published by Weiser Books. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Suzuki used simple, even crude tools to shed light on the less accessible corners of the heart: alien invasions and time warps, but also gossip, domestic disputes, and (yes) sex. I don’t know much about her, only that I believe she was very lonely. ![]() Someone no one knew, whose only voice was her writing. I’m leaving out her biography because I want to talk about her work, and ultimately about a different Suzuki. What I mean is that the life of the avant-garde writer Izumi Suzuki (1949–86) is a distraction too massive and glamorous to be omitted – though that’s what I intend to do. Let’s say you’ve already done these things, so there’s no need to talk about them. ![]() You’ve even read a French translation of the Mayumi Inaba novel that Wakamatsu based his film on, the one that caused her orphaned sixteen-year-old daughter to sue Inaba for invasion of privacy. You’ve downloaded Endless Waltz (1995), director Koji Wakamatsu’s smutty, juvenile, charming dramatization of her suicide and relationship with the jazz saxophonist Kaoru Abe (in that order, oddly). Let’s assume you’ve watched her porn and looked at her portraits by Nobuyoshi Araki. Translated into English decades after her death, the sci-fi stories of the avant-garde writer Izumi Suzuki gently twist modern Japan into tales of unspeakable loneliness. ![]() ![]() Leading Ladies do not rebound with their new costars. ![]() ![]() Easier said than done, especially when a disastrous first impression smothers the embers of whatever sexual heat they might have had. To make it work, he’ll need to generate smoking-hot on-screen chemistry with Jasmine. Joining this new cast as a last-minute addition will give him the chance to show off his acting chops to American audiences and ping the radar of Hollywood casting agents. Leading Ladies don ’t need a man to be happy.Īfter his last telenovela character was killed off, Ashton is worried his career is dead as well. When she returns to her hometown of New York City to film the starring role in a bilingual romantic comedy for the number one streaming service in the country, Jasmine figures her new “Leading Lady Plan” should be easy enough to follow-until a casting shake-up pairs her with telenovela hunk Ashton Suárez. ![]() Leading Ladies do not end up on tabloid covers.Īfter a messy public breakup, soap opera darling Jasmine Lin Rodriguez finds her face splashed across the tabloids. Summary: RITA® Award Winning author Alexis Daria brings readers an unforgettable, hilarious rom-com set in the drama-filled world of telenovelas-perfect for fans of Jane the Virgin and The Kiss Quotient. Rep: Puerto Rican-Filipina-American protagonist, ownvoices Puerto Rican protagonist and side characters ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In spite of some criticism against the changing musical art forms that derived from jazz- bebop, rock, and 1970s soul, and the TV program Soul Train in particular, Ellison shows the world that "the discoveries of a black self applies to us all" (Ellison 139) which is something incredibly profound and worthy for anyone. ![]() ![]() A marvelous collection of essays, letters, and excerpts of Ralph Ellison's fiction that really shows how much of a jazz enthusiast he was- and how the musical art form shaped his entire being.įor Ellison believed that "jazz suggested ways to confront chaos and also hints at the mysteries of adult sexuality and reproduction" (xvi) and that the collection captures his love of Gillespie, Ellington critical of Charlie Parker, Coltrane how his writing was encouraged by two other literary titans, Langston Hughes and Richard Wright of how aspects of his life in these essays, these excerpts became autobiographical backstory to what would turn into the immortal Invisible Man and the magnum opus, Three Days Before the Shooting (aka Juneteenth, shorter version). ![]() |